How To Dominate 2010 Part 1

The holidays are over and a new year is here so everything is going back to normal…..well sort of. With all the bad food, skipped workouts, and partying most people are burned out!!!

(check out what I found in the trash of the gym)

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It’s time to get out of the holiday funk and have a fresh start for 2010.

I’m a big believer in setting goals and taking baby steps to get to them. I want you to sit down today and set up goals for yourself.

Now here’s where most people get goal setting wrong. First you have to write down your goals. There’s a saying “A goal not written down is only a wish”. I honestly don’t know where exactly that saying came from but I’ve heard it all my life. It makes sense doesn’t it, You can set a goal for yourself but if it’s not written down where you see it then how are you gonna remember about it?

There are 5 parts to goal setting. There’s clarity, deadline, writing it down, everywhere, and visualization.

Part 1 CLARITY– You have to make your goals clear, it can’t just say I wanna lose weight. You gotta be specific. Because if that’s the case than by losing 2lbs you already reached your goal. Here I’ll do some trainer translations for you.

I wanna lose weight= I wanna lose 15lbs

I wanna get muscles= I wanna gain 15lbs of muscle

Now we can get more specific by saying I wanna lose 15lbs of fat. Be clear on your goals it’s one baby step that goes a long way.

Part 2 Deadline– Every goal has to have a deadline. “A goal without a deadline is just a dream” Napoleon Hill. I learned this the hard way. I set so many goals for myself and realized that they were never coming true. I was never reaching them. I could’t understand why, I took all the baby steps, I was making progress but a year would pass and still no goal. It wasn’t until I read a book by Napoleon Hill that I realized why.

A deadline forces you to finish and finish right. If your boss gives you a paper he needs written by tomorrow and you give it to him next week what do you think happens?

Part 3 writing it down– Write down the specific goals that you set for yourself.

Here’s a cool trick. I learned it from Ryan Lee. I tend to write most of my goals for either my life or business on a dry erase board. But big dry erase boards are friggin expensive. So head to home depot and find wall section. There is one type of wall that’s thin and is the same texture as dry erase. Its huge and only costs $11! I cut mine in half and used one for business and one for personal.

(one of mine, obviously I wanna finally visit Hawaii)

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Write down your specific goals really big!

Part 4 EVERYWHERE– It’s not enough to just write it down. Put it everywhere! If I’m serious about a goal I’ll write it down everywhere I spend time at. Either my desk, my room, the mirror, the fridge (that’s where I spend the most time), even on my TV.

Make sure you see it at least 20 times everyday. It’ll remind you that that’s what you wanna accomplish and will help drive you closer to your goals!

Part 5 Visualization– I’m a very visual person. I learn better by seeing. And actually seeing the end result of your goals pushes you to reach them.

Paste a picture of you in a Hawaii scenery if your goal is going for the summer. I actually insist on getting my personal training clients to cut out a picture of a figure they wanna look like and paste a picture of their face on it and put it everywhere! Sounds funny a goofy but it’s really powerful and keeps them on the right track!

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BONUS TIP, HAVE A BIG MOUTH– Tell everyone your goals and be confident in saying your gonna reach them by a certain time. It makes you accountable. I tell everyone my goals, it forces me to push harder. After all I don’t wanna be known as the jackass that never does what he says.

BONUS TIP 2, PURPOSE– This word is so powerful at helping you with those goals. What’s your purpose? It’s the main factor that’s gonna give you that motivational push. Say your goals is to lose 15lbs of fat in 12 weeks, why is that your goal? It could because in 12 weeks your going to Cancun, or a family reunion. You must have a reason behind every goal. Your kids are a great purpose. If you have kids and wanna be able to keep up with them or wanna be there to walk your son or daughter down the aisle then I’m pretty damn sure you’ll reach your goal.

On part 2 I’ll explain the baby steps to reach your goals. Cool thing is you can use these steps to reach any goal, not just fitness.

What goals do you have in mind? leave a comment and help make yourself accountable 😉